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rank
Synonyms and Antonyms of rank
- covered with trumpet vines so rank you couldn't see the trellis beneath them
- smokes rank cigars that usually send me running for fresh air
- the article about fairy tales was full of rank errors, such as a reference to "Cinderella biting into the poisoned apple"
arresting, clear, distinct, dramatic, emphatic, evident, eye-catching, marked, notable, noticeable, outstanding, plain, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, splashy
absolute, arrant, downright, out-and-out, outright, sheer, stark, utter
detectable, discernible (also discernable), observable, perceptible, visible
abominable, atrocious, awful, deplorable, execrable, heinous, lousy, monstrous, outrageous, preposterous, shameful, shocking, terrible, wretched
- a sidewalk sale of art works by rank amateurs
absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
Synonym Discussion of rank
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- malodorous fertilizers
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- prisoners were held in stinking cells
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- the fetid odor of skunk cabbage
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- a stagnant, noisome sewer
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- the putrid smell of rotting fish
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- rank cigar smoke
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- a fusty attic
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- the musty odor of a damp cellar
rank
Synonyms and Antonyms of rank
- attained the highest rank in the Freemasons
- remembered as a woman of rank who socialized only with other members of the elite
- this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels
description, feather, ilk, kidney, like, manner, nature, sort
branch, section, speciality, specialty, subclass, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, variety
rank
Synonyms and Antonyms of rank
- my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs
- most critics would rank him among our best actors
assort, break down, categorize, class, classify, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, relegate, separate, sort, type
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